Associate Professor Judith Snodgrass
ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR,
Arts (SoHCA)
Personal
Qualifications
- PhD University of Sydney
- BA University of Sydney
UWS Organisational Unit (School / Division)
- Arts (SoHCA)
Professional Memberships
- Japanese Studies Association of Australia (1990-06-30 - 2013-12-31)
Contact
| Email: | J.Snodgrass@uws.edu.au |
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| Extension: | 9368 |
| Mobile: | 0417658094 |
| Location: | EQ.1.30 Parramatta |
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Biography
Associate Professor Judith Snodgrass writes, researches and teaches in the areas of Buddhism in the West, Buddhism and Asian modernity, Buddhist nationalism, and Western knowledge of Asia. She is the author of Presenting Japanese Buddhism to the West: Orientalism, Occidentalism and the Columbian Exposition (University of North Carolina Press, 2003). Associate Professor Snodgrass was editor of the internationally refereed professional journal Japanese Studies (Taylor and Francis) from 1997 through 2011.
In 1991, Judith was a founding member of TAASA (The Asian Art Society of Australia) and was an active member of the Executive for the first decade of its activities. http://www.taasa.org.au/
She is currently President of AABS (Australasian Association of Budhdist Studies). www.buddhiststudies.org.au
In 2012, she chaired the organising committee of the biennial conference of the Asian Studies Association of Australia. http://www.uws.edu.au/ics/events/past_events/asaa_conference
This information has been contributed by Associate Professor Snodgrass.
Teaching
Current Teaching Areas
- 100271 Modern Japanese History
- 100958 Australia and the World
Previous Teaching Areas
- 101882 A History of Modern Global Buddhism, 2012
- 100861 Empire: European Colonial Rule and its Subjects, 1750-1920, 2012
- 100294 Warlords, Artists and Emperors: Power and Authority in Premodern Japan, 2011
- 100271 Modern Japanese History, 2011
Publications
Books
- Snodgrass, J. (2003), 'Presenting Japanese Buddhism to the West: Orientalism, Occidentalism and the Columbian Exposition', : University of North Carolina Press 0807827851.
Chapters in Books
- Snodgrass, J. (2009), 'Publishing Eastern Buddhism: D T Suzuki's journey to the West', Casting Faiths: Imperialism and the transformation of religion in East and Southeast Asia, Palgrave Macmillan Ltd 9780230221581.
- Snodgrass, J. (2009), 'Discourse, Authority, Demand. The Politics of Early English Publications on Buddhism', Transbuddhism. Transmission, Translation, Transformation, University of Massachusetts Press 9781558497085.
- Snodgrass, J. (2007), 'Budda no fukuin: The deployment of Paul Carus's Gospel of Buddha in Meiji Japan', Defining Buddhism(s), Equinox 1845532317.
Journal Articles
- Snodgrass, J. (2012), 'Kindai gurobaru bukkyo e no nihon no koken', Kindai to Bukkyo, 18.
- Snodgrass, J. (2012), 'Japan's contribution to modern global Buddhism : the world's parliament of religions revisited', Eastern Buddhist, 22.
- Snodgrass, J. (2009), 'Performing Buddhist Modernity: The Lumbini Festival, Tokyo 1925', Journal of Religious History, 16.
- Snodgrass, J. (2007), 'Exhibiting Meiji Modernity: Japanese art at the Columbian Exposition', East Asian History, 26.
- Snodgrass, J. (2007), 'Defining Modern Buddhism: Mr and Mrs Rhys Davids and the Pali Text Society', Comparative Studies of South Asia, Africa, and the Middle East, 17.
- Snodgrass, J. (2003), 'Building Modern Thai Identity: The Maha Dhammakaya Cetiya', Architectural Theory Review, 13.
Conference Papers
- Snodgrass, J. (2009), 'Performing Buddhist Modernity: The Lumbini Festival, Tokyo 1925', First Congress of the Asian Association of World Historians, Osaka University Nishinomiya Centre, Osaka, Japan.
Research
My research covers a diverse range of topics from Meiji Japanese history to the future of Buddhism in Australia, bound together by an interest, inspired by the work of Michel Foucault, in the formation of knowledge. The book, Presenting Buddhism to the West (2003) is a case study of the formation of Western knowledge of Buddhism, introduced by the Japanese delegation ot the World's Parliament of Religions at the Columbian Exposition in Chicago 1893. My work on Buddhism in Australia was originally an extension of this: to what extent does the presence of practising Asian Buddhism living in the community impact on this knowledge? It very quickly extended to include questions of the transformation of Asian Buddhist practices in resettled communities, and the function of Buddhism in facilitating integration. Both these streams come together in my current emergent group project on Buddhism in Australia, and of the history of the globalization of Buddhism.
The interest in Asian Buddhist modernity and Buddhist nationalism in Japan that shaped the book continue in my current study of the Young East, pan-Asian Buddhist movements, and social reform in early twentieth century East Asia.
Other offshoots from the book include a continuing interest in Expositions, display, performance and the importance of popular culture (especially film) in history and in our knowledge of it.
This information has been contributed by Associate Professor Snodgrass.
Previous Projects
| Title: | Museums, Cultural Diversity and Audience Development - Realms of the Buddha - A Case Study |
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| Years: | 2001-01-01 - 2004-06-28 |
| ID: | P0009624 |
| UWS Researchers: | Ien Ang and Judith Snodgrass |
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Supervision
Associate Professor Snodgrass is available to be a principal supervisor for doctoral projects
Current Supervision
| Title: | The Spirit of British India: The Impact of John Stuart Mill's Political Thought on British India, 1855 - 1880 |
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| Title: | Sydney's 'Paris Exhibition': An Account of the 1854 Exhibition of the Natural and Industrial Products of NSW |
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| Title: | Being Compassion. Enacting Compassion. Social Engagement and Tibetan Buddhism in Australia |
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Previous Supervision
| Title: | "The Demoniacal Impulse": The Construction of Amok in the Philippines. |
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| Thesis: | "THE DEMONIACAL IMPULSE": THE CONSTRUCTION OF AMOK IN THE PHILIPPINES. |
| Title: | Returning to Asia: Japan in the Cultural Dynamics of Globalisation, Localisation and Asianisation. |
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| Thesis: | RETURNING TO ASIA: JAPAN IN THE CULTURAL DYNAMICS OF GLOBALISATION, LOCALISATION AND ASIANISATION. |
| Title: | Iconography in the Chinese Mayajala-Tantra |
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| Thesis: | ICONOGRAPHY IN THE CHINESE MAYAJALA-TANTRA |
| Title: | Zen in Brazil: The Quest for Cosmopolitan Modernity |
| Field of Research: | PHILOSOPHY AND RELIGIOUS STUDIES |
| Thesis: | ZEN IN BRAZIL: THE QUEST FOR COSMOPOLITAN MODERNITY |
| Title: | The Cross-Cultural Appropriation of Manga and Anime in Australia |
| Field of Research: | LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE |
| Thesis: | THE CROSS-CULTURAL APPROPRIATION OF MANGA AND ANIME IN AUSTRALIA |
| Title: | In Exile at Home - A Fijian-Indian Story |
| Field of Research: | STUDIES IN HUMAN SOCIETY NOT ELSEWHERE CLASSIFIED |
| Thesis: | In Exile at Home - A Fijian-Indian Story |
| Title: | Japanese Women Marriage Migrants Today: Negotiating Gender, Identity and Community in Search of a New Lifestyle in Western Sydney |
| Field of Research: | SOCIETY AND CULTURE |
| Thesis: | Japanese Women Marriage Migrants Today: Negotiating Gender, Identity and Community in Search of a New Lifestyle in Western Sydney |
| Title: | 'Sometimes a Little Injustice must be Suffered for the Public Good'. How the National Security (Aliens Control) Regulations 1939 (Cth) affected the lives of German, Italian, Japanese and Australian born women living in Australia during the Second World War. |
| Field of Research: | STUDIES IN HUMAN SOCIETY |
| Thesis: | 'Sometimes a Little Injustice must be Suffered for the Public Good'. How the National Security (Aliens Control) Regulations 1939 (Cth) affected the lives of German, Italian, Japanese and Australian born women living in Australia during the Second World War. |
| Title: | Missionary of Reconciliation: The role of the Doctrine of Reconciliation in the Preaching of Festo Kivengere of Uganda, 1971-1988 |
| Field of Research: | STUDIES IN HUMAN SOCIETY |
| Thesis: | Missionary of Reconciliation: The role of the Doctrine of Reconciliation in the Preaching of Festo Kivengere of Uganda, 1971-1988 |
